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Jensen Huang: Silicon Valley superstar engulfed by personal scandal
He rose to prominence as the business he leads - artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia - became one of the world's most valuable companies.
As the face of the AI boom, Huang also became close to Donald Trump as the president pushed for the US to keep its dominance of the technology over China. The 63-year-old who was once lauded as the "Taylor Swift of tech" and referred to as "Daddy Huang" in Taiwan is now mired in scandal after an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. Born in Taiwan in 1963, Huang was nine years old when his family moved to the West Coast of the US.
He graduated as an electrical engineer from Oregon State University, and then with a master's degree in the same field from Stanford University. Huang then worked at US chip firm AMD before co-founding Nvidia. He has an estimated fortune of $155bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
